Improvement in cuff-holders



O. F. DURING. Cuff-Holder.

No. 216,383. Patented .Iu nelO, 1sz9.

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CHARLES F. DORING, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CUFF-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 216,383, dated June 10, 1879; application filed March 24, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F.DORING, of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Guif-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The invention consists in a Wire cuff-holder with spring-prongs and spring-loop, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation representing the holder in use, attached to a shirt-sleeve. Fig. 2 is a side View of the springholder detached. Fig. 3 is a section showing the holder attached .to a sleeve-lining, and with a cuff in place.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

The spring cuff-holder A is bent to shape from a piece of spring-wire. It consists of prongs a a, the outer ends of which are formed with laterally-bent ends extending outward. The springs of the prongs a tend to distend the ends, so that when the prongs are entered in the cloth they are prevented from disconnection.

The loop b, for clamping the coil", is formed by bending the bight of the wire over upon the prongs a. The spring of the metal tends to keep loop b in contact with prongs a.

In applying the holder to a shirt-sleeve, B, as shown in Fig. 1, one of the prongs a is caught in the sleeve and pushed forward until the loop of material is near the head of the prong. The prongs are then pinched together, and each caught in a fold of the cloth and allowed to spring out. The holder is thus securely held in both directions and prevented from turning.

The open end of loop I) is toward the band of the sleeve, and the edge of the cufl' G will be inserted, as shown, between the loop and prongs, where it will be securely held, and it can be readily detached when desired.

In attaching the holder to a dress-sleeve or v the lining of a coat or cloak, as shown in Fig. 3, it will be placed at a suitable distance from the edge, so that the cuff will be exposed to the desired extent, and when once attached the holder may remain in place. i

This device is very simple and convenient, and by its use buttons and button-holes are dispensed with for holding cuffs. The cuff may be more accuratelyand neatly adjusted than when attached by buttoning, and the annoyance of buttoning is obviated.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentt A cuff-holder consisting of a spring-wire having the loop b and prongs a a, the latter havin g sharpened ends bent out laterally, as and for the purpose specified.

CHARLES F. BORING. Witnesses:

F. JOSEPH DORING, J. HENRY DoRING. 

